I agree with Rojas on many different levels. First of all I thought it was interesting that Rojas mentioned that it would be a good idea for the record companies to not only allow bootlegging, mashups and remixes but to market it! What better way is there to sell more stuff than to make kits for remixing etc?! As a consumer of music and someone who is just getting introduced to the idea of remixing and bootlegging I would definitely buy kits that not only have technology to remix but also the coverage that the copyright cops aren't going to come after me! Not only that remixxing things sparks my interest in the original songs, so oftentimes I will look up the original songs and listen to them because then I understand the remix better! In this digital era marketers are having a hard time trying to figure out how to market to our generation because we block things out- so what better way to market your product than by connecting with something that we are already doing? The mashup I decided to post here takes two very different genres of music and mixes them into something that actually flows together very well. Both of the songs are talking about some difficult things in life that people deal with. Teen pregnancy, suicide, trying to make a living and be a good parent, and parent/child tension just to mention a few. I have heard What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts many times because I am a fan of country music- I had never heard the Eminem song before BUT because of the fact that someone mashed these songs together I have a greater appreciation for Eminem's music- something I never would have dreamed of before. While I will probably not ever be a huge fan of what people I know call "rap crap" I will look into more of Eminem's songs- which could benefit the record company in the long run in the event I decide to buy the CD.

Blog #7- Remixing

What a messy thing copyright is! And now that we have the internet the copyright world is going to end! While I do think the laws dealing with copyright is outdated the idea that credits shouldn't be given to the original author at all isn't acceptable. I think there should be some sort of balance for how much credit is given to the remixer and the original singer/songwriter. I think that if we "cited" our sources in remix projects, like we do in papers there shouldn't be such a huge issue about using copyrighted work. We haven't been allowed to use other people's writing without citing it, so why not do the same with video, remixxes, etc? Something that McLeod points out is that oftentimes we change the meanings of other peoples work when we remix it. But we also do that with our papers. We only quote little pieces of other pieces of work that showcase what we want to say- but what we want to say may be very different than what the author of the quote is saying. We should be able to use other people's work if we are doing something creatiely different with it. This video shows how one song can be connected to a lot of movies.

All of the movies showcased in this video are from Disney. In a lot of ways this mashup shows a very common ideology that are presented in a bunch of Disney movies. Love can conquer all, even if you argue at first. This mashup enables us to think about Disney movies in an entirely different way than many of us have thought about. I think this is one of the great things that comes out this kind of media. We have the ability to look at media products and critique them.